Micah O. Reed

Micah Oliver Reed (12 June 1829-16 December 1864) was a Colonel of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Micah Oliver Reed was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 12 June 1829 to a Dixie family, and he lived a peaceful life as a farmer until the American Civil War broke out. Reed was elected colonel of a regiment of Confederate States Army volunteers in 1861, and he served in the Army of Tennessee under John Bell Hood. On 16 December 1864, Reed was killed at the Battle of Nashville, a major defeat for the Confederacy.